BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//wp-events-plugin.com//7.0.5//EN TZID:America/Detroit X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Detroit BEGIN:VEVENT UID:883@test.arabamerica.com DTSTART;TZID=America/Detroit:20150418T090000 DTEND;TZID=America/Detroit:20150418T180000 DTSTAMP:20150406T152049Z URL:https://test.arabamerica.com/events/art-and-reality-a-symposium-on-con temporary-middle-eastern-art-in-context/ SUMMARY:Art and Reality: A Symposium on Contemporary Middle Eastern Art in Context DESCRIPTION:MASSACHUSETTS\n\nThis daylong symposium considers Parviz Tanavo li’s art and the “new” field of contemporary Middle Eastern art\, qu estions of creative freedom and the social responsibility of artists\, and matters of “soft power” in the region.\n\nJoin us for an exploration of current issues in contemporary Middle Eastern art\, an area of newly he ightened interest among institutions\, collectors\, curators\, scholars\, and patrons. Organized in conjunction with the groundbreaking exhibition P arviz Tanavoli\, the event kicks off with a special screening of Terrance Turner’s new documentary film on the artist. A day-long symposium consid ers Tanavoli’s art in context and expands to the “new” field of Midd le Eastern art\, curatorial and cultural support structures\, and the grow ing art market in the region.\n\nFree and open to the public. Reservations required.\n\n\nSCHEDULE OF EVENTS\n\nThe event kicks off on Friday evenin g with a special screening of Terrance Turner’s new documentary film on the artist.\n\nFriday\, April 17\n\n5:00 PM Film Screening and Q+A: Parviz Tanavoli: Poetry in Bronze\, Dir. Terrence Turner\, Collins Cinema\n7:00 PM Reception\, Davis Museum Lobby\n\nSaturday\, April 18\n\n9:00 AM Regist ration\, Davis Museum Lobby\n\n9:30 AM Welcome Remarks\, Collins Cinema\n\ n9:45 AM – 11:00 AM Panel 1\nResurgent: The Contemporary Visibility of I ranian Art\n\nShiva Balaghi is a Visiting Scholar of art history at Brown University and co-curator of the Parviz Tanavoli exhibit.\n\nMaryam Eisler is an editor of books on contemporary art. She is an alumnus and Trustee at Wellesley College and has established the Maryam and Edward Eisler/Gold man Sachs Gives Fund on Art and Visual Culture in the Near\, Middle\, and Far East at the Davis Museum. She is also a Co-Chair of the Tate Middle Ea st North Africa Acquisitions Committee.\n\nLisa Fischman is Director of th e Davis Museum and co-curator of the Parviz Tanavoli exhibit.\nNasser Rabb at is the Aga Khan Professor and the Director of the Aga Khan Program for Islamic Architecture at MIT.\n\nVali Mahlouji is a London-based curator\, writer and translator.\n\n11:15 AM – 12:30 PM Panel 2\nEmergent 1: Conte mporary Middle Eastern Art in the Academy and the Museums\n\nLadan Akbarni a is a specialist in the art of Iran and Central Asia and is Assistant Kee per of the Islamic Collections at the British Museum.\n\nOmar Kholeif is C urator at Whitechapel Gallery in London and Senior Editor at Ibraaz.\n\nVa ssilis Oikonomopoulos is Assistant Curator of International Art Collection s at Tate Modern. He is a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art.\n\nSa ra Raza is the Guggenheim UBS MAP Curator for the Middle East and North Af rica\; YARAT Head of Education\; an editor at Art Asia Pacific Magazine\; and a PhD candidate at the Royal College of Art.\n\nNada Shabout is Profes sor and Director of Contemporary Arab and Muslim Cultural Studies Institut e at the University of North Texas.\n\n\n12:30 PM – 2:00 PM Lunch Break\ nBox lunches are available for purchase through this site. Attendees may a lso seek restaurant options in easy driving distance.\n\n2:15 PM – 3:45 PM Panel 3\nEmergent II: Cultural and Market Infrastructures in Support of Contemporary Middle Eastern Art\n\nDina Amin is Senior Director of Post-W ar and Contemporary Art At Christie’s.\n\nNegar Azimi is the Senior edit or of Bidoun\, an award winning publishing \, curatorial and educational m agazine with a focus on the Middle East.\n\nAaron Cezar is the founding Di rector of the Delfina Foundation.\n\nShirley Elghanian is the Founder and Chief Executive of the Magic of Persia Foundation that promotes Iranian ar t and culture to a wider audience outside of Iran.\n\nTaymour Grahne is Pr esident of Taymour Grahne Gallery\, founded in 2013.\n\nRoxane Zand is Dep uty Chairman\, Middle East at Sotheby’s.\n\n\n4:00 PM – 5:30 PM Panel 4\nSoft Power: Creative Freedom\, Contemporary Artists\, and the Middle Ea st\n\nHossein Amirsadeghi is a writer\, editor and publisher who establish ed TransGlobe Publishing.\n\nLeila Taghinia-Milani Heller is President of Leila Heller Gallery\, founded in 1982.\n\nMoukhtar Kocache is an independ ent consultant with experise in philanthropy\, cultural and civil society development and curatorial practice.\n\nMarjaneh Moghimi is a film produce r and founder of Butimar Productions.\n\nFrancis Ricciardone is Vice Presi dent of the Atlantic Council and Director of its Rafik Hariri Center for t he Middle East. He has served as US ambassador to Turkey\, Egypt\, and the Philippines.\n\nKarim Sadjadpour is Senior Associate at the Carnegie Endo wment for International Peace.\n\nGuest Artists:\n\nPouran Jinchi (New Yor k)\nHassan Hajaj (London/ Marakesh)\nAli Banisadr (New York)\nManal AlDowa yan (Dhahran\, Saudi Arabia / Dubai\, UAE)\n\n\n5:30 PM Closing Reception\ , Davis Museum Lobby\n\n ATTACH;FMTTYPE=image/jpeg:https://test.arabamerica.com/wp-content/uploads/ 2015/04/10982427_10153122420989817_1432657665095915244_n.jpg CATEGORIES:Art/Visual LOCATION:Davis Museum at Wellesley College\, 106 Central St\, Wellesley\, M assachusetts\, 02481\, United States GEO:42.2930475;-71.3085706 X-APPLE-STRUCTURED-LOCATION;VALUE=URI;X-ADDRESS=106 Central St\, Wellesley\ , Massachusetts\, 02481\, United States;X-APPLE-RADIUS=100;X-TITLE=Davis M useum at Wellesley College:geo:42.2930475,-71.3085706 END:VEVENT BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:America/Detroit X-LIC-LOCATION:America/Detroit BEGIN:DAYLIGHT DTSTART:20150308T030000 TZOFFSETFROM:-0500 TZOFFSETTO:-0400 TZNAME:EDT END:DAYLIGHT END:VTIMEZONE END:VCALENDAR